Jungian Analysis
The ideas at the heart of Jungian depth psychology, the shadow, the persona, individuation, archetypes, transference and the unconscious, and how analysis works.
Active Imagination
Active imagination is Jung's method for engaging consciously with the unconscious, working with its images and figures …
Archetypes : Jungian Theory
Archetypes are universal patterns in the human psyche, the Hero, the Shadow, the Self. Jung's concept explains why …
Complexes
A complex is an emotionally charged cluster of images and memories around a core. What complexes are, how they take …
Depth and frequency in analysis
The depth reached in Jungian analysis depends on time and frequency, not intention. Learn why coming more often changes …
Dream Analysis
Dreams are productions of the unconscious in which the ego plays no role. Philippe Jacquet explains the compensatory …
Psychological Types
Jung's psychological types: introversion and extraversion plus the four functions, thinking, feeling, sensation and …
Synchronicity
Synchronicity is Jung's term for meaningful coincidence: events connected by meaning rather than cause. What it is, and …
The collective unconscious
The collective unconscious is Jung's term for the deepest layer of the psyche, the repository of archetypes shared …
The Ego
In Jungian psychology the ego is the centre of conscious awareness, the I we take ourselves to be: necessary, but only a …
The Persona
In Jungian psychology, the Persona is the adaptive face we present to the world. Understanding yours is the first step …
The Self
In Jung's psychology the Self is the archetype of wholeness and the organising centre of the whole psyche, larger than …
The Shadow
The Shadow in Jungian psychology is not simply the darkest part of who you are. It is everything pushed out of the self …
The Unconscious
The unconscious is not a metaphor. It is the part of the mind that operates outside awareness and drives a significant …
Tolerating the unknown
Exploring the unconscious requires the capacity to bear uncertainty and move without a map. The anxiety of not knowing …
Transference
Transference is the unconscious process by which patients redirect past relational patterns onto the analyst. In Jungian …
What is Countertransference?
Countertransference is the therapist's emotional response to the client. In skilled hands, it is not a problem to be …
What is Individuation?
Individuation is Jung's term for the lifelong process of becoming who you actually are, not who you were told to be, but …
What is Jungian Analysis?
Jungian analysis is depth psychotherapy rooted in Carl Jung. A Jungian analyst works with dreams, symbols and …